Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has announced that it is implementing a plan to treat the length of waiting for patients in specialized departments in their hospitals and centers to reach a maximum of one week in a year, based on increased working hours and medical staff. Dubai Health Care Authority, Dr. Younis Kazem.
He explained that the Authority has worked within its plan to put an end to the problem of non-compliance of patients in terms of time, where it was estimated at 41%, then gradually decreased to 30%, until now it reached 14%, and continues to decline continuously, noting that the length of the waiting period The main reason for the lack of commitment of patients to their appointments.
He noted that the waiting period for patients at Rashid Hospital, for example, was up to 41 days, but now fell to 29 days, and in a nice hospital was up to 54 days, and now is 22 days maximum waiting, Aims to reach a waiting week for patients in all its centers and specialized clinic within a year, while the patient can get a date in the public clinics of the body within one working day. He stressed that all the patients of the hospitals of the Commission will feel a gradual improvement, in the waiting times during the coming period, as a result of the efforts of the Commission in this regard.
It is noteworthy that many patients with the hospitals of the Health Authority in Dubai, previously questioned the length of waiting for the collection of appointments in clinics and specialized centers, sometimes up to three months, which led them to go to the private sector instead of these centers, and called on the Commission to resolve This problem is radical, as diseases can not wait all this period.
He added that the Authority is in the process of developing and modernizing medical services and equipment in order to provide the best treatment for citizens and residents in Dubai without the need to wait for long periods.